Guest hydeous Posted August 19, 2012 Share Posted August 19, 2012 He's a good replacement for Colo. If Saylor was out, I think we would've seen Williamson. Well played today. Solid if unspectacular. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pata Posted August 19, 2012 Share Posted August 19, 2012 Perch is great. Nowadays I'm confident he'll do well in whatever position he plays. Biggest improvement ever when you look at his first games? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
NEEJ Posted August 19, 2012 Share Posted August 19, 2012 Feel ashamed I ever wrote this bloke off. Very solid. Keep proving me wrong Perchinio. I've grown to love him. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlanSkÃrare Posted August 19, 2012 Share Posted August 19, 2012 So calm on the ball and just relaxed in general, which is good to have alongside Taylor with his more aggressive approach. Very happy with him. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Optimistic Nut Posted August 19, 2012 Share Posted August 19, 2012 Yeah I was surprised he got the nod over Williamson initially, but I guess Perch's style would compliment Taylor's better than Williamson. Have they ever started a game together by the way? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tisd09 Posted August 19, 2012 Share Posted August 19, 2012 Maybe Obertan can overcome his ridicule and become an important back up option like Perch Fair play it could have been easy to Perch to look for football elsewhere but he had knuckled down and become an important squad member. Due to his versatility I would imagine as long as he is fit he'll be on the bench. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
LRD Posted August 19, 2012 Share Posted August 19, 2012 Yeah I was surprised he got the nod over Williamson initially, but I guess Perch's style would compliment Taylor's better than Williamson. Have they ever started a game together by the way? Having a midget like Defoe in their team was probably a factor in choosing Perch over Williamson. Perch is a better bet than the slow-turning Williamson against an agile Defoe. It also helps that they have no Adebayor to own Perch in the air, which is a definite weakness of his. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Taylor Swift Posted August 19, 2012 Share Posted August 19, 2012 Composed. Honestly, he looks like a 5m player these days. Versatile and composed. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pilko Posted August 19, 2012 Share Posted August 19, 2012 Yeah I was surprised he got the nod over Williamson initially, but I guess Perch's style would compliment Taylor's better than Williamson. Have they ever started a game together by the way? Having a midget like Defoe in their team was probably a factor in choosing Perch over Williamson. Perch is a better bet than the slow-turning Williamson against an agile Defoe. It also helps that they have no Adebayor to own Perch in the air, which is a definite weakness of his. Yep, I was very impressed that Pards hadn't just stuck to a 'pecking order' and chose Taylor's partner to compliment him and also to potentially counteract the threat of Defoe better. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Revolution Number 9 Posted August 19, 2012 Share Posted August 19, 2012 He's turned out a bit like Williamson on his better days, a solid and no-nonsense player. A pretty good match up beside Steven 'Get to da choppa' Taylor. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
joeyt Posted August 19, 2012 Share Posted August 19, 2012 100% pass accuracy yesterday Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darth Crooks Posted August 19, 2012 Share Posted August 19, 2012 He's turned out a bit like Williamson on his better days, a solid and no-nonsense player. A pretty good match up beside Steven 'Get to da choppa' Taylor. Damned with faint praise there like...much more assured. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
LRD Posted August 19, 2012 Share Posted August 19, 2012 Yep, I was very impressed that Pards hadn't just stuck to a 'pecking order' and chose Taylor's partner to compliment him and also to potentially counteract the threat of Defoe better. Exactly. Pardew made the right tactical call while everyone else was debating Williamson losing his place as 3rd choice CH. It worked a treat. Kudos to Pards for showing wise tactical flexibility. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
loki679 Posted August 19, 2012 Share Posted August 19, 2012 Perch just seemed to suddenly 'get it'. He looked like a fish out of water when he first came and for a good while afterwards but at some point he just seems to have relaxed and everything clicked for him. Looks composed and competent nowadays. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skeletor Posted August 19, 2012 Share Posted August 19, 2012 I think playing in midfield aided his development. Took pressure off him. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beren Posted August 19, 2012 Share Posted August 19, 2012 Perch is great. Nowadays I'm confident he'll do well in whatever position he plays. Biggest improvement ever when you look at his first games? I think so. Great lad. Tempted to stick him up front in Athens and see how he does. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
littlelunchbox Posted August 19, 2012 Share Posted August 19, 2012 both centre back did well i give them credit but at the same time i take with the other hand. spuds had little turdboy defoe upfront , and it was mainly just him alone spearheading their attack. plus defoe is a midget. not exactly an afternoon of aerial threats our centrebacks had to worry about. all in all he still a tricky little geezer with rapid pace and they delt with him pretty good. cant complain. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mick Posted August 19, 2012 Share Posted August 19, 2012 Individually I think both of the centre-halves played well, but we frequently looked all over the place when they were breaking. Still, to be expected considering the lack of Colo. They did enough. I thought the same, they both played well but we missed something without Coloccini who gives us a bit more confidence and stability when defending as a unit. I don’t know what it was but some of our defending seemed to be a bit more rushed yesterday, Coloccini being in the defence adds calmness which we didn’t have. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SMTW Posted August 19, 2012 Share Posted August 19, 2012 Yeah I was surprised he got the nod over Williamson initially, but I guess Perch's style would compliment Taylor's better than Williamson. Have they ever started a game together by the way? Having a midget like Defoe in their team was probably a factor in choosing Perch over Williamson. Perch is a better bet than the slow-turning Williamson against an agile Defoe. It also helps that they have no Adebayor to own Perch in the air, which is a definite weakness of his. . To be fair his aerial weakness only stems from his lack of height. He still has a canny leap on him. Remember him last year beating Caroll in the air. I can see him getting quite a few games this year as he's probably first choice back up for a few positions. I used to think Pardew was an idiot when he get bringing him on for the last half an hour in a string of games. But I'm quickly learning not to doubt/question anything Pards does. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
abertoon Posted September 18, 2012 Share Posted September 18, 2012 Where the Perch love in? Dat dink to Cisse. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlanSkÃrare Posted September 18, 2012 Share Posted September 18, 2012 Excellent second half. Tackled them so much better than Anita and got close to Fellaini. Comfortable on the ball as always. Superb pass to Cissé and had another moment of brilliance where he got out of a situation where he found himself alone vs four Everton players. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Varadi Posted September 18, 2012 Share Posted September 18, 2012 Looked a bit shaky at right back, but he wasn't getting too much help from Marv. Much, much better in midfield, the defensive role suits him perfectly. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skirge Posted September 18, 2012 Share Posted September 18, 2012 It was amazing how much better him & Anita were when swapped around, sure that was not just down to Pards going mental at half time. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
sugoinufc Posted September 18, 2012 Share Posted September 18, 2012 much better at cm yesterday...didnt do well at RB Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Disco Posted September 18, 2012 Share Posted September 18, 2012 Nearly cost us the game just before half time when he dallied on the pass from Harper and whoever went through and shot wide. I'd be happy never to see him at full back again, he must have had 1 good game in about 10 there, stick to him playing the breaker role in the middle when we need him. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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